众议院民主党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯表示，在民主党人力争夺回众议院控制权之际，选举形势对民主党依然稳固。俄亥俄州托莱多——众议院民主党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯周日表示，在民主党人力争夺回众议院控制权之际，选举形势对民主党依然稳固。他当天在俄亥俄州一个竞争激烈的国会选区为众议员马西·卡普图尔助选，该选区对众议院多数控制权至关重要。
杰弗里斯还抨击了总统唐纳德·特朗普突然决定豁免对俄罗斯的制裁，并表示众议院将推动两党合作，提出一项新的制裁方案，而总统将无权予以豁免。
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries says the election climate is holding firm for Democrats as they race to retake the House TOLEDO, Ohio -- House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said Sunday the election climate is holding firm for Democrats as he campaigned for Rep. Marcy Kaptur in a heavily contested Ohio congressional district that is crucial for majority control of the House. Jeffries also slapped back at President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to waive sanctions on Russia and said there will be a bipartisan effort in the House to pursue a new sanctions package that the president would not have the ability to waive.
杰弗里斯在托莱多参加教堂礼拜后对美联社表示：“一位美国总统竟会如此竭力破坏乌克兰人民民主、自由与尊严的事业，这令人震惊，但并不意外。”
“It’s shocking, but not surprising, that an American president would do so much to undermine the cause of democracy, freedom and dignity for the Ukrainian people,” Jeffries told The Associated Press after visiting church services in Toledo.
如果民主党夺回多数席位，杰弗里斯将有望成为众议院议长。他已前往约50个城市为民主党候选人助选。他说，众议院共和党人认为——正如议长迈克·约翰逊最近所暗示的那样——11月3日的选举将重演2024年的大胜，那场胜利把特朗普送进白宫、把共和党人送进国会，这种想法“脱离现实”。
Jeffries, who is in line to become House speaker if Democrats win back the majority, has traveled to some 50 cities campaigning for Democratic candidates. He said the House Republicans are “divorced from reality” in thinking — as Speaker Mike Johnson recently suggested — that the Nov. 3 election will be a repeat of the 2024 sweep that put Trump in the White House and Republicans in Congress.
杰弗里斯说：“我们正在全国各地努力，继续论证我们需要剧烈变革而非维持现状，并且民主党将是唯一为让这个国家变得负担得起而奋斗的一方。”在这场地决定国会控制权的中期选举中，俄亥俄州正遭到激烈争夺。尽管大量注意力集中在共和党参议员乔恩·赫斯特德与民主党人谢罗德·布朗之间的参议院选战上，但众议院选战是一场逐选区推进的苦战，对打开该院控制权至关重要。
“We are working hard across the county, continuing to make the case that we need dramatic change as opposed to the status quo,” Jeffries said, “and that Democrats are going to be the only ones to fight to make this country affordable.”The Buckeye State is being fiercely contested in these midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. While much attention has been on the Senate race between Republican Sen. Jon Husted and Democrat Sherrod Brown, the House races are a district-by-district slog key to unlocking control of that chamber.
托尔迪奥地区的众议院席位一直被视为共和党的重要目标。卡普特尔（Kaptur）已经担任该地区议员数十年，是目前在众议院任职时间最长的女性议员。然而特朗普赢得了该选区的支持，共和党正试图夺回这个席位。两年前，卡普特尔曾击败了共和党候选人德里克·梅林（Derek Merrin），但梅林今年再次参选。
The Toldeo-area House seat has been a top priority. Kaptur, who has held office for decades, is the longest-serving woman in the House. But Trump has carried the district and Republicans are trying to flip it. Kaptur defeated GOP candidate Derek Merrin two years ago, but he is making a repeat play for the seat. “We work very hard,” Kaptur told AP.
“我们非常努力地工作，”卡普特尔对美联社（AP）表示，“我们不仅仅是在选举期间工作，而是致力于改善人们的生活。”今年8月，80岁的卡普特尔在乘车前往教堂的途中遭遇车祸，虽然受了伤但现已康复。
“We don’t just work at elections. We work to make a difference in the lives of people.”In August, Kaptur, 80, was heading to church when the vehicle she was riding in as a passenger was struck. She was hospitalized with injuries suffered in the car accident, but said she has since recovered.
杰弗里斯（Jeffries）称卡普特尔是五大湖地区的一位传奇人物：“她又一次打破了所有人的预期。”
Jeffries said Kaptur is a legendary figure in the Great Lakes Region. “Once again, she's going to defy all expectations,” he said.
该地区居住着大量乌克兰裔美国人，卡普特尔还是“国会乌克兰问题小组”（Congressional Ukraine Caucus）的创始人兼联合主席，这个跨党派的议员团体专门关注乌克兰的局势。
The area has been home to a large Ukrainian American population, and Kaptur is founder and co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, a bipartisan group of lawmakers with particular focus on the country.
对于特朗普周五晚些时候决定废除那项以林赛·格雷厄姆（Lindsey Graham）命名的制裁法案中的相关条款，卡普特尔表达了强烈不满。该法案原本旨在帮助乌克兰应对俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京的入侵：“他的行为完全违背了美国的价值观，”她说，“他站在了普京的一边。”周末，无论是民主党还是共和党的国会议员都对特朗普的这一决定表示愤怒；该制裁措施本应在周日生效，而总统上个月才刚刚签署该法案使其成为法律。
She had harsh words for Trump’s decision late Friday to waive provisions of the Russia sanctions bill named for Lindsey Graham, which Congress had passed to help Ukraine as it battles Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion. “What he did is just un-American,” she said. “He has sided with Putin.”Members of Congress, Democrats and Republicans, expressed outrage over the weekend at Trump’s decision to waive the sanctions, which were due to take effect Sunday.
约翰逊（Johnson）在福克斯新闻频道的《Sunday Morning Futures》节目中表示，他的许多同事都对这一决定表示担忧。他表示自己尚未与特朗普讨论此事，但知道总统正在评估当前的形势：“我们需要就此进行讨论，并仔细考虑这一决定可能带来的意外后果。”
The president had just signed the bill into law last month. Johnson said Sunday on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that a number of his colleagues have raised concerns. He said he had yet to talk about it with Trump, but said he knows the president is evaluating the situation. “We need to talk about it and I think carefully consider the unintended consequences,” Johnson said.